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#technical Skills for Product Managers Decoded-An event by Advancing Women in Product (AWIP)
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Credits: Sift Science Team, Advancing Women in Product Team-Linh Tran, Nancy Wang, Aakrit PrasadWhether you are an engineer or a product manager (PM), you are part of a product team. As engineers are technical, PMs need to have certain “technical skills” to work effectively in building a great product. But what are these technical skills? On July 31st, Advancing Women in Product (AWIP) hosted a panel discussion on technical skills for PMs, sponsored by Sift Science. The panel featured Megan Mann (Product Manager at Sift Science), Akshay Kannan (Product Manager at Google), and Pranava Adduri (Founding Engineer at Rubrik) and the discussion was moderated by Neetika Bansal (Engineering Manager, Stripe). Here are some key insights from a few questions asked.Is technical experience necessary (...)

#leadership #technology #product-management #awip-partnership

Technical Skills for Product Managers Decoded — An Event by Advancing Women in Product (AWIP)
▻https://hackernoon.com/technical-skills-for-product-managers-decoded-an-event-by-advancing-wome

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Whether you are an engineer or a product manager (PM), you are part of a product team. As engineers are technical, PMs need to have certain “technical skills” to work effectively in building a great product. But what are these technical skills? On July 31st, Advancing Women in Product (AWIP) hosted a panel discussion on technical skills for PMs, sponsored by Sift Science. The panel featured Megan Mann (Product Manager at Sift Science), Akshay Kannan (Product Manager at Google), Pranava Adduri (Founding Engineer at Rubrik), and the discussion was moderated by Neetika Bansal (Engineering Manager, Stripe). Shared below is a summary of insights from some of the questions asked:What technical experience is necessary for Product Managers?This depends on the product you work on. Some products (...)

#product-manager #awip #awip-partnership #technical-skills #product-management

“They Just Want To Code (or #design) All Day”
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Quick post…One of the biggest mistakes you can make as a product manager is to assume that the developers (and designers) you work with do not care about impact and outcomes. I have heard PMs say things like:Well, you know, developers just like to put their headphones on and code.OrDesigners just like to make things pretty, and use the latest tricks“When have you shared actual outcomes with the team?” I’ll ask. Crickets. It is somehow difficult for them to process that individuals can really enjoy going super deep in their craft AND be interested in whether any of it mattered. And maybe a bit of jealously — “I’m in meetings all day, and my neck is on the line, and they’re just making stuff and playing foosball! We’ve got a deadline!”Part of this, I think, is that when outcomes/impacts are not (...)

#product-management #ux #just-want-to-code #agile

UN Embroiled in Private Security Controversy

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By Rosalind Adams, Media Global News,
August 17, 2012

Global Policy Forum’s report “Dangerous Partnerships”, released last month, has sparked a debate about the use of Private Military and Security Companies by the United Nations. The UN Department of Safety and Security (DSS) has rejected the report’s conclusions as ‘unfounded’, but has failed to provide the public with actual numbers because there is “no centralizes process” to deal with PMSCs within the UN. Requests for comments from journalists have been met with silence and the UN has thus far refused to shed light on its contracts with PMSCs.

A Global Policy Forum report released last month concludes the United Nations has increased its use of Private Military Security Companies (PMSCs) since 2006 and demands more oversight from the UN.

Experts agree that the system lacks regulation, but for some, the true problem is that use of these companies is condoned at all.

#ONU #Nations-Unis #corporations #multinationales #sociétés-de-sécurité